els ielts (intermediate) syllabus

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ELS weekly LO’s IELTS (5.5/intermediate) Legend/abbreviations: AIGAV – Achieve IELTS Grammar and Vocabulary AI1 Achieve IELTS 1 AI 2 – Achieve IELTS 2 CGFI – Cambridge Grammar for IELTS CI – Complete IELTS DAZ – Discussions A-Z EI – Exploring Ireland GFVP – Games for Vocabulary Practice ID – Instant Discussions IE I – IELTS Express (intermediate) IEUI – IELTS Express ( upper- intermediate) IF – IBAT folder IPTP3 – IELTS Practice Tests Plus 3 LEI – Learning English in Ireland OI – Objective IELTS PGL3 Practical Grammar Level 3 PW2 – Pair Work 2 PG – Pronunciation Games SB – Students’ Book SOS – Ship or Sheep TB – Teacher’s Book TEI – Total English (intermediate) TE PI – Total English ( pre- intermediate ) WB – Workbook Learning outcomes: By the end of each week’s lessons, students should have achieved (or enhanced) their communicative competency with the language items listed under Topics/skills. These items are the target objectives for each week.

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Page 1: ELS IELTS (Intermediate) syllabus

ELS weekly LO’s

IELTS (5.5/intermediate)

Legend/abbreviations:AIGAV – Achieve IELTS Grammar and Vocabulary

AI1 – Achieve IELTS 1

AI 2 – Achieve IELTS 2

CGFI – Cambridge Grammar for IELTS

CI – Complete IELTS

DAZ – Discussions A-Z

EI – Exploring Ireland

GFVP – Games for Vocabulary Practice

ID – Instant Discussions

IEI – IELTS Express (intermediate)

IEUI – IELTS Express (upper-intermediate)

IF – IBAT folder

IPTP3 – IELTS Practice Tests Plus 3

LEI – Learning English in Ireland

OI – Objective IELTS

PGL3 – Practical Grammar Level 3

PW2 – Pair Work 2

PG – Pronunciation Games

SB – Students’ Book

SOS – Ship or Sheep

TB – Teacher’s Book

TEI – Total English (intermediate)

TEPI – Total English (pre-intermediate)

WB – Workbook

Learning outcomes:

By the end of each week’s lessons, students should have achieved (or enhanced) their communicative competency with the language items listed under Topics/skills. These items are the target objectives for each week.

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Week 1

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - comparing things and talking about similarities and differences (revision of comparatives

and superlatives, including negative comparatives and superlatives),- linking devices (expressing contrast and comparison),- adverbs of degree (a bit, much, a good deal, a great deal, considerably, a little, a lot and

slightly) Lexis:

- food (carbohydrates, proteins and fat),- cuisine (comparing Irish cuisine with other cuisines)- adjectives describing food - matching activity,- dieting and keeping a healthy diet- useful language to describe line graphs

Pronunciation: - weak and strong forms in short words (a, and, some, to, at, etc,.)

Focus on lListening: - listening for specific information (– ‘Websites about food’)

Reading: - locating information (texts about Dublin and Ireland)- Y /N or NG (‘Fast food – behind the image’)

Focus on sSpeaking:- speaking task 1 (most and least favourite and food; ability to cook)- speaking task 3 (discussing food-related issues)

Focus on wWriting: Academic writing task 1 – describing a process (food digestion - controlled practice task) ; (how chocolate is produced – in-class assignment) - academic writing task 1 – introduction to graphs and charts- writing an introduction- selecting important information- planning an answer

Irish culture: - b asic information about Ireland (SS compare this with their home town and country)- quiz about Ireland

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 6-7 (Unit 2 ‘A healthy diet’)

AIGAV – pp. 136-137 (food: places to eat, types of food, food and drink and describing food)

CGFI – pp. 90-97 (comparatives and superlatives); pp. 80-87 (adjectives and adverbs)

CI – pp. 14-15 (introduction to graphs and charts; writing an introduction; selecting important information; planning an answer)

EI – 2.1 and 2.2

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IF – quiz about Ireland

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 2 (pp. 14 -19)

Week 2

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - would in second conditionals- expressing cause- purpose and result (because, because of, so)

Lexis: - phrases used to express why a particular place is popular- descriptive adjectives (as used in guide books)- adjectives ending in –ing and –ed

Pronunciation: - word stress in related words (stressed syllables)

Focus on lListening: - listening for specific information – notes completion and matching- listening for specific information – listening to (and watching) a tourist information DVD

clip Focus on rReading: reading for gist and specific information – IELTS

- reading for detail – matching task and sentence completion Speaking:

- speaking task part 1 (talking about places around the world; saying why a particular place is popular)

Writing: - academic writing task 1 – handling data (line graphs)

Irish culture: - basic information about Dublin (SS compare this with their home town and country)Test

folder 2: focus on listening – matching; focus on reading - matching

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 8-9 (Unit 3 ‘City attractions’)

AIGAV – pp. 126-127 (cities and towns: location, type of city and describing cities)

TEPI – DVD clip 1 (London)

IF - Dublin

Student book unit:

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OI – Unit 3 (pp. 20-25); writing folder 2 (pp. 30-31)

Week 3

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - review of present tenses – present simple (general truths, habits, actions which take

place regularly), present continuous (temporary activities), present perfect simple (actions or situations which started in the past and continue to the present; actions or situations which finished at an unspecified time in the past; past actions or situations, with the emphasis on its result in the present) and present perfect continuous (actions which have lasted for some time and are likely to continue; actions which lasted for some time and have just stopped)

- stative verbs Lexis:

- different ways of learning- words used in academic writing – synonyms and parallel phrases- prepositions (preposition + noun or pronoun, preposition + -ing, preposition + wh- word)

Pronunciation: - word stress – stress on the syllable before certain suffixes

Focus on lListening: - multiple choice tasks and matching- listening to (and watching) a clip about studying at the University of Cambridge

Focus on rReading: - focus on academic vocabulary- how to read for comprehension- reading for specific information – Y/N or NG, matching, short answers

Speaking: - things which are important for effective learning at school or college- ways of learning

Focus on wWriting: writing folder 2 – academic writing task 1 – handling data (line graphs) - academic writing task 1 – summarising trends in graphs and tables

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 10-11 (Unit 4 ‘Ways of learning’)

AIGAV – pp. 130-131 (education: places of study, qualifications, collocations connected with education, jobs/positions in education, collocations with get and do)

CGFI – pp. 1-6 (present tenses: present simple, present continuous; stative verbs]

CI – p. 35

TEI – DVD clip 7 (Cambridge)

AI2 – pp. 12-13

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Student book unit:

OI – Unit 4 (pp. 27-3129)

Week 4 REVISION AND MOCK EXAM WEEK EXAM SKILLS

Topics/skills:

Revision of units 12-4 Language focus:

- passive/active, present tenses- comparatives and superlatives- prepositions

Lexis: - adjectives –ed and –ing- vocabulary to describe cities- food; education

Listening: practice test one – form completion, flow chart completion, multiple choice, matching activity, sentence completion - IELTS tests

Reading: short answer questions, T/F or NG, matching specific information with the correct paragraph, summary completion, Y/N or NG - IELTS tests

Speaking: - expanding on short answers- IELTS tests

Writing: IELTS task 1 – interpreting data from a table, IELTS writing task 2 – writing an opinion essay - academic writing task 1 – analysing statistics and comparing cities; - IELTS tests – academic writing task 1

Supplementary material:

AIGAV – pp. 62-62 (revision of comparatives and superlatives); pp. 93-97 (prepositions of time and movement)

IPTP3 (pp. 8-30) [practice test one]

Student book unit:

OI – Units 1-4 revision (pp.32-33)

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Week 5

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - review of past tenses – past simple (actions or situations which began and ended in the

past), past continuous (actions which are unfinished at a particular time in the past) and past perfect) (actions or situations which happened before a particular time in the past)

- sequencing Lexis:

- terms used to describe historical sites- collocations related to research- language for suggesting and giving advice- language for giving directions- jobs in education and science- describing shapes

Focus on lListening: dealing with a diagram (useful language: directions)- completing a map- sentence and note completion

Focus on rReading: reading an article – IELTS task: reading for specific information – Y/N or NG, matching Focus on sSpeaking:

- speaking part 3 – discussing the importance of historical knowledge and how history should be taught

- focus on expanding short answers- useful language for suggesting and giving advice

Writing: - description of a school, its location and the layout of the roomsTest folder 3: focus on listening and reading – sentence and note completion

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 12-13 (Unit 5 ‘Discovering the Past’)

AIGAV – pp. 140-141 (research, discoveries and inventions)

CGFI – pp. 8-14 (past simple, past continuous and past perfect)

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 5 (pp. 34-39)

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Week 6

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - Past simple or Present Perfect?difference between past simple and present perfect

Lexis: - collocations with money- vocabulary related to money- vocabulary connected with work

Focus on lListening: - diagram completion and table completion (lecture related to academic work or study on

the subject of motivation at work)- plan, table and note completion (conversation in the career advice service)

Reading: - reading for gist- reading for specific information – matching, Y/N or NG, multiple choice, table and

sentence completion- identifying keywords and paraphrases

Focus on sSpeaking: - Sspeaking part 2 – delivering a short talk on the subject of motivation at work and dream

job Focus on wWriting:

- writing folder 3 – Task 2: academic writing task 2 – understanding the question; and planning your writin

- structuring essays- ways of approaching introduction and conclusion- sequencing- giving examples

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 14-15 (What is job satisfaction?)

AIGAV – pp. 164-165 (work: vocabulary referring to work, types of work, finding work and resigning);

AIGAV – pp. 18-20 (present perfect tense); pp. 32-33 (past simple tense)

AI1 – p. 115; pp. 118-119

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IEI – pp. 26-30; p. 33

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 6 (pp. 40-45)

Week 7

Topics/skills:

Language focus:- relative clauses (defining and non-defining )- relative pronouns

Lexis: - word formation- vocabulary related to advertising and the media- linking words and phrases

Pronunciation: - sentence stress (content words V grammatical words)

Focus on lListening: - listening for specific information – sentence completion, matching, flow chart

completion Focus on rReading:

- reading for gist – working out the main point of the text- reading for specific information – heading matching, Y/N or NG, note completion, short

answer questions Focus on sSpeaking: ( IELTS

- speaking part 1, 2 and 3) Writing:

- structuring essays- linking words and phrases

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 16-17 (Unit 7 ‘Selling dreams?’)

AIGAV – pp. 148-149 (media: printed media, film and television media, people and verb collocations connected with the media);

AIGAV pp.82-83 (relative clauses 1: defining clauses); pp. 84-85 (relative clauses 2: non-defining clauses)

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CI – pp. 38-45

Student book unit:

OI Unit 7 (pp. 46-51)

Week 8

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - talking about the future (predictions, on-the-spot decisions, arrangements, future result

of a present situation and timetables) Lexis:

- leisure (hobbies and leisure activities)- language used to express possibility (It’s likely, It’s unlikely, I’m sure, I may, Maybe,

There’s a chance, I’m convinced, etc.)- useful language for writing letters

Pronunciation: - vowel length (long and short vowels, diphthongs) - symbols and examplesInternational Phonetic Alphabet symbols

Focus on lListening: - listening for specific information – notes completion, short-answer questions

Focus on rReading: - reading for specific information - table completion, headings

Focus on sSpeaking: - speaking part 1 (predicting the future)- speaking part 3 (discussing leisure activities, including asking questions)

Focus on wWriting: - general training writing task 1 – recognising types of letters, planning a letter, using

appropriate language and organisation- writing a formal letter

Dictionary skills: - International Phonetic Alphabet symbols

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 18-19 (Unit 8 ‘Time to waste?’)

AIGAV – pp.158-159 (sport: team sports, martial arts, places and people)

AIGAV – pp. 44-51 (future tenses: the future with ‘will’; going to, be about to, be due to; future continuous; future perfect)

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IEI – pp. 74-77

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 8 (pp.54-57)

Week 9 REVISON AND MOCK EXAM WEEK EXAM SKILLS

Topics/skills:

Revision of units 5-8 Language focus:

- difference between past simple and present perfect- relative clauses (defining and non-defining)

Lexis: - words related to the past, work, money and, leisure activities, hobbies and the media

Focus on lListening: - mock test (IELTS listening part 1-4- form completion, multiple choice, labelling the

diagram, flow chart completion and notes completion)IELTS tests Focus on rReading:

- mock test (IELTS reading part 1-3- flow chart completion, T/F or NG, paragraph matching, sentence completion, completing sentences with the correct ending, Y/N or NG)reading for gist (Dublin in the year 2050)

- IELTS tests Focus on sSpeaking:

- topic review (collocations related to research, money, advertising)- expanding on short answers- IELTS tests

Focus on wWriting: mock test (IELTS writing part 1-3 – describing a process, IELTS writing task 2- writing an opinion essay- IELTS tests – academic writing task 2- general training writing task 1

Irish culture: - Dublin in the year 2050 (reading and speaking)

Supplementary material:

IPTP3 (pp.32-54) Practice test 2

IF – Dublin in the year 2050

Student book unit:

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OI Unit 5-8 Revision (pp. 58-59)

Week 10

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - countable and uncountable nouns- determiners (some, any, much, many, a lot of, a little, a few, etc.)

Lexis: - global warming terminology- collocations related to the environment, geography, sea and climate- language used for speculating (could, might, would, It’s possible, It’s likely, etc.)

Focus on lListening: - predicting what the missing information is- notes completion- summary completion

Reading: - reading for gist and specific information – headings, summary completion, locating

information, matching Focus on sSpeaking: IELTS

- speaking part 1 and 3 (discussing global warming)- useful language: for speculating

Writing: - academic writing task 1 – analysing a diagram which shows the greenhouse effect, a

wave-energy machine, and a wind turbineTest folder 5: focus on reading and listening (summary completion);(focus on vocabulary relating to climate change)

Dictionary skills: - recognising countable and uncountable nouns

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – Unit 9: Climate change (pp. 20-21)

AIVAG – pp. 134-135 (vocabulary development: geography, sea and climate)

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CE – pp. 50-51 and pp. 54-56

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 9 (pp.60-65)

Week 11

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - paraphrasing- passive with different tenses and modal verbs (present simple passive, past simple

passive, modal passive and present perfect passive) Lexis:

- ways of communicating- parallel expressions and synonyms

Pronunciation: - spelling and numbers (revision of ordinal numbers and large numbers and dates)

Listening: - predicting the missing information- note completion

Reading: - skimming- reading for detail – Y/N or NG, T/F or NG

Speaking: - speaking part 1 and 3 (discussion on different ways of communicating)

Writing: - academic writing task 1 – describing a process (food digestion – controlled practice task;

how chocolate is produced – in-class assignment) Test folder 1 (focus on reading - reading for specific information, task type: T/F or NG?)

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 4-5 (Unit 1 ‘Communicate’)

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AIGAV – pp. 24-25 (present simple passive); pp.26-27 (present perfect passive); pp. 42-43 (past simple passive)

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 1 (pp. 8-13)

Week 12

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - verb patterns 1 (-ing forms and infinitives 1)- useful language relating to data analysis (numerical and other comparative expressions)

Lexis: - different types of accommodation- expressing likes and dislikes- phrasal verbs- collocations with house and home- paraphrasing

Pronunciation: - polite intonation

Focus on lListening: - notes completion (accommodation at a university)- table completion, multiple choice, summarising (looking for an apartment)- listening to lectures

Reading: - matching and labelling a diagram (text about skyscrapers)- labelling a map and short answers (reading about Shanghai)

Focus on sSpeaking: - speaking task part 1 ( Interview: useful language phrases and expressions related to

accommodationfocus on giving full answers, using because and for example)- speaking part 2 (Individual long turndescribing a building which SS like or dislike)

Writing:

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- general training task 1 (writing a formal letter)- academic writing task 1 – handling data (bar charts, pie charts and tables)

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 22-23 (Unit 10 ‘A place to work or to live in’)

AIGAV – pp. 86-87 (verb + infinitive or -ing)

AI2 – pp. 57-61

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 10 (pp. 66-71)

Week 13

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - articles – indefinite (a/an), definite (the) and zero article

Lexis: - compound nouns- vocabulary related to wildlife

Pronunciation: - diphthongs (table completion)

Listening: - sentence completion, matching, summary completion (listening to a lecture)

Reading: - skimming – headings- reading for specific information – definition matching, multiple choice, matching,

summary completion Speaking:

- speaking part 2 Writing:

- academic writing task 2 (expressing opinion on animal testing, zoos and wildlife parks) Test folder: focus on reading comprehension and listening comprehension (multiple choice)

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 24-25 (Unit 11 ‘Animal life’)

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AIGAV – pp. 90-92 (articles – indefinite, definite and zero)

IEI – p. 53

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 11 (pp. 72-77)

Week 14

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - modal verbs- for giving advice (should, had better and ought to),- linking devices (and, but , so, however, despite, therefore, in addition, although, as a

result of, what’s more, unfortunately, in fact, etc.)- expressions used for talking about ability

Lexis: - sport (team sports, sports equipment, extreme sports, martial arts, places and, people,

etc.) Listening:

- listening for specific information – table completion, sentence completion, multiple choice, note completion, matching, labelling a diagram

Reading: - reading for specific information – matching activity, Y/N or NG- reading for gist – summary of the writers opinion, summary completion

Speaking: - speaking part 1(interview), IELTS speaking part and 3 (discussion on sport and

competiveness)- talking about ability

Writing: - academic writing task 2 (focus on connecting ideas)

Writing folder: IELTS task 2 – essay writing (connecting ideas 1)

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Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 26-27 (Unit 12 ‘Sport: just for fun?’)

AIGAV – pp. 58-59 (modal verbs – giving advice)

AI1 – 93-96

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 12 (pp. 78-83)

Week 15 REVISON, EXAM SKILLS AND MOCK EXAM WEEK

Topics/skills:

Revision of units 9-12 (+ unit 1) : topic review (places to live, sports, animals, environment) Language focus:

- passive/active- articles – a/an , the and zero article,- verb patterns – -ing forms and infinitives an- countable and uncountable nouns.

Lexis: - places to live- sports- animals- ways of communicating and the environment ( sentence completion, paragraph

completion) Listening: mock exam – notes completion, multiple choice, labelling a map and flow chart

completion. - IELTS tests

Reading: - mock exam – flow chart completion, T/F or NG, heading matching, multiple matching,

gap fill, multiple choice, summary completion.IELTS tests

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Speaking: - mock exam – flow chart completion, T/F or NG, heading matching, multiple matching,

gap fill, multiple choice, summary completion.IELTS tests Writing:

- writing task 1 – describing a bar chart- writing task 2 – opinion essay

MOCK EXAM: - IELTS tests

Supplementary material:

IPTP3 (pp. 56-75)

Student book unit:

OI – p. 32, pp. 84-85

Week 16

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - conditional sentences (type 0, 1, 2, and 3 and mixed)- conjunctions and conditional phrases (if, unless, as long as, I wish, if only)

Lexis: - collocations with adverbs- useful language for clarification- phrases related to shopping- words and phrases which collocate with decision and choice

Pronunciation: - word stress

Listening: - listening for specific information – listening to a tutorial (multiple choice and notes

completion) Reading:

- skimming and reading for specific information – topic paragraphs, multiple choice, paragraph matching, diagram labelling, T/F or NG, flow chart completion

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Speaking: - a short survey- speaking part 1 and 3 (exploring the topic, discussion)- strategies to clarify the message

Writing: - academic writing task 2 – paragraphing

Test folder 7: focus on reading – locating information (paragraph matching)

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 28-29

AIGAV – pp. 66-75

CI – pp. 57-60, p. 63, pp. 64-65

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 13 (pp. 86-91)

Week 17

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - verb patterns 2 – -ing forms and infinitives 2 (remember to do vs remember doing, go on

to do vs go on doing, begin to do vs begin doingverbs which change their meaning depending on whether they take the –ing or infinitive)

Lexis: - confused words (borrow and lend, remi9nd and remember, recipe and receipt, raise and

rise, etc.)check and control, affect and effect, economic and economical, at the end and in the end, standards and levels, journey and travel and discovery ad invention)

- comment adverbs (disappointingly, interestingly, personally, wisely, generously, etc.logically, statistically, honestly, obviously and surprisingly)

- verbs used to describe changes- words and phrases used to generalise

Pronunciation:

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- linking words- consonant sounds

Listening: - listening for specific information – matching activity, chart completion and graph

completion, short -answer questions Reading:

- matching Speaking:

- IELTS speaking part 3 (exploring the topic, discussion)- Generalising- speaking part 2 (describing situations that involved using a foreign language)

Writing: - academic writing task 1 – describing changes on a graph - Writing folder- academic writing task 2 – (opinion essay – making a general statement, giving examples

and using comment adverbs), making the text less personal

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 30-31

CGFI – pp. 133-139

CI – p. 33

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 14 (pp. 92-97)

Week 18

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - modal verbs referring to the future, present time and the past (may and might -–

expressing possibilities),; must and can’t ( - making deductions and logical conclusions).

Lexis:

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- collocations with big, large and great (large amounts of, a great deal of, a big difference, etc.)

Listening: - listening for specific information -– listening to a seminar about customs in

different countries (matching activity, sentence completion); listening to a conversation (matching)

Reading: - reading for specific information – summary completion, matching activity,

locating information, classifying Speaking:

- IELTS speaking part 1 and 3 – interviewdiscussion on meeting new people and hospitality

- IELTS speaking part 2 – individual long turndescribing a situation when one was a guest in someone else’s home, IELTS speaking part 3 (exploring the topic – two way discussion)

Writing: - academic writing task 1 – describing a process

Test folder 8: focus on reading and listening- classification

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 32-33

CGFI – pp. 107-113 (modals – expressing possibility) pp. 107-113)

AIGAV – pp. 54-55

IEUI – pp. 68-69

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 15 (pp. 98-103)

Week 19

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - non-finite clauses (functions of the present and past participle, active and passive

meaning.)

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Lexis: - vocabulary development related to different types of books, writing systems and signs

Pronunciation: - final consonants- consonant clusters

Listening: - listening for specific information – conversation between a college tutor and a student

(form completion) Reading:

- reading for specific information – matching activity and, T/TF or NG, classifying Speaking:

- speaking part 2 – describing an influential book Writing folder:

- IELTS writing task 2 – (focus on being relevant and avoiding repetition)

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 34-35

PGL3 – pp. 74-75 (-ing and –ed participles)

PG – pp.12-13 (Cluster buster – consonant clusters and syllables)

Student book unit:

OI Unit 16 (pp. 106-109)

Week 20 REVISON AND MOCK EXAM WEEK EXAM SKILLS

Topics/skills:

Topic review: making decisions, the importance of colour and social interactions Revision of units 13-16

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Language focus: - verb patterns (-ing forms and infinitives) 2,- conditionals – (0, 1, 2, and 3) and mixed, - conjunctions and conditional phrases and- non-finite clauses.

Lexis: - vocabulary related to academic writing task 1 (describing trends and changes, linkers,

numerical expressions) Pronunciation:

- vowels followed by a written r - consonant sounds

Listening: - mock exam – notes completion, table completion, multiple choice, labelling a plan,

matching activityIELTS tests Reading:

- T/F or NG, notes completion, heading matching, summary completion, Y/N or NGIELTS tests

Speaking: - part 1 – interview, part2 – long individual turn, part 3 – developing a discussionIELTS

tests Writing:

- academic writing task 1 – interpreting data from a line graph and a bar chart; describing a chart

- writing task 2- providing solutions to a problemIELTS tests

Supplementary material:

PGL3 – pp. 134-136 (verb patterns – -–ing forms and infinitive)

PG – pp. 48-51 (Ludo – vowels followed by a written r and consonant sounds)

IPTP3 – pp. 96-113 [mock exam sections]

Student book unit:

OI Unit 13-16 Revision (pp. 110-111)

Week 21

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Topics/skills:

Language focus: - modal verbs – expressing obligation, lack of obligation and prohibition (mustn’t, must,

have to, don’t have to)- collocations with make and do (make a mistake, do sth for a living, do a day’s work, etc.)

Lexis: - collocations with time (find the time, give sb time, kill time, pass the time, run out of

time, spend the day/week, spend the time, take the/your/his/her time, waste an hour/ a day, waste time/waste sb’s timeetc.).

- useful language for balancing one’s view (there is no doubt, on the one hand, on the other hand, etc.)

Listening: - listening for specific information – multiple choice, listing and short answer questions.

Reading: - skimming -– short answer questions, summary completion,- reading for specific information -– T/F or NG, sentence completion with the correct

heading., matching, Y/N or NG Speaking: IELTS

- speaking part 1 – interview (applying useful language -– it depends on, it is difficult to say because, as far as, on the one hand, but, you could argue that, in spite of).

- speaking part 2 and 3 Writing: IELTS

- writing task 2 – opinion essay (applying modal verbs and useful language - for balancing your one’s view)

Test folder 9: focus on speaking – IELTS speaking parts 1-3 (interview, individual long turn and two -way discussion).

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 36-37)

PGL3 – pp. 144-146 (modals expressing obligation and prohibition)

AI1 – pp. 105-107

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 17 (pp. 112-117)

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Week 22

Topics/skills

Language focus: - phrasal verbs – phrasal verbs without an object, phrasal verbs with an object and three-

part phrasal verbs- language used for comparing and contrasting (although, whereas, while, in contrast,

etc.) Lexis:

- vocabulary development related to travel,- collocations related to travel- expressing cause and result (as a result, as a consequence, on account of, etc.)

Pronunciation: - pronouns as objects of phrasal verbs (unstressed)

Listening: - listening for specific information -– talk about tourism (summary completion and table

completion); conversation between a travel agent and tourist (short-answer questions, note completion)

Reading: - skimming – short-answer questions and summary completion- reading for specific information – multiple choice

Speaking: - a short discussion about asking for repetition- speaking part 1 (discussing holidays and travelling), IELT- speaking part 2- individual long turn (describing a memorable trip)

Writing: - focus on letter writing – a (letter to a local newspaper),- academic writing task 1 -– interpreting data from a bar chart (focus on useful language-

for comparing and contrasting)- connecting ideas – cause and result- academic writing task 2 – opinion essayWriting folder 9: IELTS writing task 2 opinion

essay: connecting ideas 2 – cause and result

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 38-39

PGL3 – pp. 116-118 (two-part verbs and three-part verbs)

AIGAV – pp. 160-161 (types of holidays, means of transport)

AI2 – pp. 30-33

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 18 (pp. 118-123)

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Week 23

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - unreal present and future ( I wish, if only, It’s about/high time, I’d would rather and if

only, wish + would) Lexis:

- vocabulary expansion related to transport (different means of transport and problems that may occur while travelling)ation (transport-land, transport – air)

Pronunciation: - Rrhythm – stressed syllables

Listening: - listening for specific information – conversation about monorails (sentence completion

and notes completion, labelling the a diagram)- labelling a floor plan

Reading: - skimming -– summarising the passage in one sentence,- reading for specific information -– completing a flow chart, matching, labelling a diagram

Speaking: - IELTS speaking part 2 and 3 (individual long turn and two way discussion about different

forms of transport, their advantages and disadvantages, and the impact modern forms of transport have had on people’s lives)

Writing: - academic writing task 2 – opinion essay- Test folder 10: focus on reading and listening (labelling diagrams and maps)-

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 40-41

PGL3 – pp. 192-193 (wish and if only)

AIGAV – pp. 160-161 (transport)

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 19 (pp. 124-129)

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Week 24

Topics/skills:

Language focus: - position of adverbs - with verb ‘to be’, with one verb but not ‘to be’ ,with one auxiliary

or modal verb (adverbs of frequency, currently, still, almost, no longer, both, never, etc.) Lexis:

- different phrasal verbs (deal with, hold on to, live up to, look forward to, put up with, turn out and work at)

- words related to migration, emigration and immigration Listening: Pre-listening (a short discussion about Canada),

- listening for specific information – notes completion and short -answer questions. Speaking:

- quiz about English-speaking countries- IELTS speaking part 1 and 3 – discussion (on moving abroad)

Reading: - reading for specific information – matching paragraphs with chunks of information, flow

chart completion., T/F or NG, table completion, sentence completion Writing folder 10:

- proofreading,- using appropriate language,- further practise – IELTSacademic writing task 1 – interpreting data form a line graph and

a pie chart- IELTS academic writing task 2 – writing an opinion essay

English-speaking countries culture: quiz

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 42-43

PGL3 – p.78 (adverbs: word order)

AIGAV – pp.30-31 (adverbs of frequency – revision)

CI – pp. 10-11

Student book unit:

OI – Unit 20 (pp. 132-135)

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Week 25

Topics/skills

Topic review: Free time and entertainment, time management, travel, environment making decisions.

Language focus: phrasal verbs, position of adverbs, unreal present/future, expressing obligation, lack of obligation and prohibition

Lexis: phrasal verbs (two-part and three-part phrasal verbs) Listening: mock exam – table completion, table completion, multiple choice, matching

activity Reading: mock exam - notes completion, T/F or NG, statement matching gap fill, Y/N or NG Writing: writing task 1 – comparing and contrasting pictures (useful language: contrast and

comparison), writing task 2- writing advantages and disadvantages Speaking: part 1 – interview, part2 – long individual turn, part 3 – developing a discussion

Supplementary material:

PGL3 (p.182-184) [unreal present/future]

IPTP3 (pp. 114-132) [Test 6]

Student book unit

OI Unit 17-20 (pp. 136-137)

Week 265 END OF COURSE REVISION, EXAM SKILLS ANDASSESSMENT MOCK EXAM

Topics/skills:Writing workout: structuring an essay, graphs and tables (revision)

Revision of units 17-20 : topic review (places to live, sports, animals, environment) Language focus:

- phrasal verbs- position of adverbs- modal verbs (for obligation, lack of obligation and prohibition)- unreal present and future

Lexis:

- phrasal verbs (with and without an object, and three-part phrasal verbs) Listening:

- mock exam – notes completion, multiple choice, matching activityIELTS tests

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Reading: mock exam: – labelling the diagram, table completion, matching activity, summary completion, Y/N or NG- IELTS tests

Speaking: - part 1 – interview, part2 – long individual turn, part 3 – developing a

discussionexpanding on short answers- IELTS tests

Writing: writing task 1 – data interpretation, writing task 2- opinion essay

- writing letters- structuring essays- analysing graphs and tables- IELTS tests

MOCK EXAM:- IELTS tests

Supplementary material:

OI (WB) – pp. 464-49

IPTP3 (pp. 133-152) [Test 7]

Student book:

OI – pp. 136-137